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Spin Doctors Live at Nightingale Bar on 1991-02-12

by Spin Doctors

Publication date: 1991-02-12 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Sean Giblin, TheGiblinTapes, GiblinTapes

Collection: SpinDoctors

Band/Artist: Spin Doctors

01. Gestalt's Blues -> *

02. Cleopatra's Cat *

03. Forever Collapses *

04. Turn It Upside Down

05. The Drop

06. Drum Solo

07. Prey to Bears

08. Hambone

09. Piece of Glass

10. About a Train

Notes

01. Gestalt's Blues -> *
02. Cleopatra's Cat *
03. Forever Collapses *
04. Turn It Upside Down
05. The Drop
06. Drum Solo
07. Prey to Bears
08. Hambone
09. Piece of Glass
10. About a Train

* with Craig Dreyer and Tony Bridges

This is Giblin Tape #42
This one cassette represents only a subset of the full show.

Note on the Giblin Tapes:
A series of approximately 100 master cassettes of Spin Doctors live recordings appeared in a second-hand store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The store found Mark White (the bassist of the Spin Doctors) via Facebook and told him about them. Eric Brodsky, with financial help from a number of fans, arranged for the tapes to be purchased and David Landsberger picked them up from the store. The tapes are gradually being digitized and made available on archive.org.

The tapes appear to be some of the master recordings of Sean Giblin based on both the content and the handwriting on the tapes. Most of the recordings are from between 1991-1993, with a few exceptions. Sean worked for the Spin Doctors for many years and was a good friend to the greater Spin Doctors community. Unfortunately, he passed away early. How his cassettes ended up in the second-hand store approximately 10 years after his passing is unknown.

The audio source of most of the cassettes is unknown. From my memory, Sean recorded his cassettes on a Sony D5. When recording from microphones, I believe he mostly used Nakamichi 300s. However, as he ran the monitor system for the Spin Doctors, many recordings come from the monitor system. Others seem to be a more traditional soundboard source.

The Giblin Tapes are being uploaded here:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22TheGiblinTapes%22

These recordings are being released in memory of Sean.

Addeddate: 2018-02-03 20:28:25

Identifier: spins1991-02-12.The_Giblin_Tapes

Lineage: Nakamichi BX-150 -> Tascam DR-680

Location: New York, NY

Source: Audio Technica 4051s -> Sony D5

Taped by: Sean Giblin

Transferred by: David Landsberger

Type: sound

Venue: Nightingale Bar

Year: 1991

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Reviewer: David_Landsberger - - February 22, 2019
Subject: Fantastic Groove

I hate reviewing my own recordings but feel that I needed to do so in response to Sean K's review. I actually agree with everything he says in his review, but the 3 star rating seems very critical. I listen to this recording a lot. The jamming in Gestalt's Blues and Cleopatra's Cat are amazing. Any fan of the Spin Doctors who wants to hear a great grooving jam of the early band and is not looking for a hits set-list really should check this out.

Reviewer: SidewalkSanskrit - - February 4, 2018
Subject: Great setlist; I wish the vocals sounded better

I hate to give three stars to this show, one of the #GiblinTapes unearthed in 2017 (thanks to everyone involved) - 90 minutes of a great show. Very nice setlist. The drums, bass and guitar sound very clean in the mix. Unfortunately, the vocals sound really muddy / distant throughout the whole tape. Even the stage chatter is difficult to hear. There's no tape hiss from this 26-year-old cassette. Chris mentions it's one of the first times the band has played Train. Before The Drop, Chris says it's about that dude who fell off a roof at that frat party we played. I hadn't heard that story. Nice extended jams after the first two tracks, though I think the horns detract from rather than add to the jam. So, the long jams during Hambone without the horns (or vocals) is really sweet. Mow B'jow! Sean K.

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